Say "later" to live lobster.
It seems lately Deep End Dining can't blog about anything but lobster and shrimp. At this rate, we'll have to change our name to
The Daily Decapod.
Live lobster from now on will be
extinct at all Whole Foods Markets.
This is what I have to say about the ban.
Comments
so far i've written only one piece for guardian. hopefully there'll be more. not quitting deep end dining though. as long as i can find funky food.
BOOO to whole foods. I'm with the Norwegians, who recently published a study showing that lobsters can't feel pain.
Let them eat frozen lobster!! That's our battle cry. Thanks for the support.
Tricia,
I love that "dollar section" at Target. Thanks for the heads up on the lobster tchotchke. I'll buy them all up and sell them on eBay when all lobster trinkets become as rare as a wooden nickel.
Colleen,
Hey, sweety, thanks for the compliment. Actually from what I understand both lobsters and Norwegians can't feel pain. Cool!
(The Irish can't feel pain after a dozen pints of Guinness! ;-) )
it's so funny that you call whole foods market "whole paycheck". i was almost going to use that jab in the article but decided against it since i wasn't arguing about their high prices. my friend eric always uses that name when he refers to the market.
didn't i drink way too much hite beer with you and consume just as much in cow flesh only the other night? thanks for the note. great website by the way! say "ciao, bella" to the lovely wife.
joan p.,
what a lovely lurker. thanks for coming out. cool blog you have there. hope you find some fulfilling work soon. i love s.f.
yeah, i've eaten sand before and it's not very good. i'll take lobster any day.
marc,
i don't understand that either. maybe whole foods is mainly concerned with the storage of live animals in their stores and how it appears to their customers. clearly, by offering frozen lobster, whole foods isn't too worried about the rest of the lobster processing chain.
I agree that this is about customers being uncomfortable with it. But honestly, I agree with haddock, who posted over on Accidental Hedonist, that if you are going to eat flesh, you should be comfortable with the fact that it is killed and you should be perfectly willing to even do it yourself, should it come to that.
It's hypocritical to be just fine with buying a frozen lobster (which, if you read about how the frozen lobsters are killed--not exactly humane sounding) but not want to have to see and acknowledge that the lobster was alive and had to die for you to eat it.
absolutely looking forward to it!!
kt,
thank you for your perspective and thoughtful analysis.